All that glitters is not gold is a well-known saying, meaning that not everything that looks precious or true turns out to be so. This can apply to people, places, or things that promise to be more than they really are. Unfortunately, Indians are fond of GOLD and they always felt that GOLD prices keep …

Rolf Dobelli, a Swiss author and businessman aptly said, "News is to the mind; what sugar is to the body." This so nicely applies to investing. Most of us decide our investing decisions based on random news items and these decisions are mostly emotional. The first market fall always looks tempted to buy more as …

Market fell between 3% and 4% in the last one week. Media highlighted midcap falls heavily. It's their duty to highlight happenings. It's up to us whether we must act according to media reports. They have no consideration for creating wealth for us, their only intention is to increase their readership or viewers or browsers. …

Client : Sam, I want to withdraw money from mutual funds and I will sell all my equity portfolio. Myself : Why? Client : Don't you watch media? Sensex down by 1500 points in 6 days. Myself : So what? Client : It will go down further. Myself : Oh! So you are scared from …

I always get queries as to why we rarely churn the portfolio. We could always keep changing portfolio based on recent performance and convince you how much we add value to your portfolio. That is an easy path. Why we have chosen the difficult path? Why we prefer inactivity? Why I discourage you from chasing …

Many of the investors are afraid of the up and down movement of the market. Markets rarely stay calm. It's the characteristics of the market to move up and down. During the downs medias create a fear in the minds of investors and they exit the investments. During the ups they make sure to frighten …

Many investors say they can't take risk but still go ahead and invest randomly for short-term gains. Of late, in my sessions, I have been getting a lot of queries about bitcoins and cryptocurrencies. I recently addressed a group of middle-aged college teachers who were averse to investing in equities but were keen to start …